Navarro New HC/AD

[bag-o-chips]

To be named Monday Night. Will the Slot T Mafia stay in place? My bet is it will!

Stay tuned for News!!!

[Tejastrue]

Something tells me you know the answer....:evillol:

[SaltySixes]

To be named Monday Night. Will the Slot T Mafia stay in place? My bet is it will!

Stay tuned for News!!!

Wow cant wait to hear who it is!

[10ForTheWin]

I haven't even been able to get any info out of people lol, can't wait to hear!

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[bag-o-chips]

I know of one who interviewed for sure but I can't even get a hint of what is happening. Guess my recipes will be as secret for BBQ and Sausage!!!HAHAHAHA

[Matthew328]

Look for a guy from the coast

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Look for a guy from the coast

coastal bend?

Seibert? He's been at Liberty Hill, Gregory Portland , Troy and now at current team, slot T guy. just a guess,

[bluecat]

If it's Siebert they got a winner. He's a product of the George Harris era that produced Jerry Long who also coached under Harris as well as Jerry Vance who coached under Bruce Bush. You guessed it Les Goad cut his Wing/Slot T experiment under Bush as well. Small world ain't it?

[bluecat]

Longs at Edna now which also isn't far from the coast??

[bluecat]

Just a note, when Gregory Portland searched for a new HC/AD two years ago and hired Rick Rhoades, Les Goad was one of the top 3 finalists.

[Weebe]

Whitaker?

[10ForTheWin]

I know of one who interviewed for sure but I can't even get a hint of what is happening. Guess my recipes will be as secret for BBQ and Sausage!!!HAHAHAHADriving a hard bargain there BOC lol

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[bluecat]

Whit runs the triple option, really doubt he would leave PLC, especially since they gave him just about everything he wanted on last bond election.

[Tejastrue]

Herring? :D

[Gobblerfan]

Rod Blount from Mathis?

[bag-o-chips]

I know a fella down there on the coast with inside connections. Maybe so.......

[Gobblerfan]

Just my thought. He’s a Slot T guy and took Mathis to the semi finals a couple of years ago! My old alma mater! Lol

[bluecat]

Local Slot/Wing T active coaches in the Coastal Bend. Jerry Long at Edna, Jay Siebert at Rockport & Rod Blount, who just resigned at Mathis. Guess we"ll find out tonite?

[bluecat]

What time is the board meeting tonite?

[bag-o-chips]

Rod Blount pending board approval

[bluecat]

Anyone have info on Blount?

[Gobblerfan]

He was an assistant at George west, spent 4 years in Mathis. Did a good job in mathis.

[Gobblerfan]

Slot T

[bluecat]

33-18 in his 4 yrs at Mathis, trip to semis in 2015.

[bag-o-chips]

Great Fit!!

[rb585]

33-18 in his 4 yrs at Mathis, trip to semis in 2015.

He was much better in years 1 & 2 than 3 & 4.

[bag-o-chips]

Yep it cycles especially in 3a and down. What is your point? Nelms left and how were those few years?

[bag-o-chips]

Yep it cycles especially in 3a and down. What is your point? Nelms left and how were those few years?

What I meant to say is you usually have ups and downs when you coach. Overall he has a great record in 4 years and he took over for Coach Holt. He had been an asst. at George West under Holt and took over when Holt retired. From what I see things will be OK.

[Gobblerfan]

Years 1 and 2 he had a stellar RB in that Flores kid at Mathis.

[rb585]

Yep it cycles especially in 3a and down. What is your point? Nelms left and how were those few years?

They were kind of opposite. Warren was pretty bad at first, but he has really put it together the last two years.

(Disclaimer: We will not be good next year.)

[ogg]

They were kind of opposite. Warren was pretty bad at first, but he has really put it together the last two years.

(Disclaimer: We will not be good next year.)

By district play Wimbo will be good.

[ogg]

Rod Blount pending board approval

Congrats on the hire, I'm sure he'll continue the Panthers winning tradition.

[bag-o-chips]

(Geronimo) – Navarro has its man, and yes, Panther fans, your favorite high school football team will still bludgeon opposing defenses with the Slot-T next season.

The Navarro ISD Board of Trustees approved the hiring of former Mathis head coach and Slot-T practitioner Rod Blount as Navarro High School’s new head football coach and district athletic director by a unanimous 7-0 vote Monday evening.

Blount spent the past five seasons at Mathis, the last four of those as the Pirates’ head coach. He led Mathis to a 33-18 record and seven playoff wins over those four seasons, including a 12-3 mark and a trip to the 3A Division I state semifinals in 2015. Blount served a long stint as an assistant at George West before moving to Mathis.

Navarro’s previous head coach Les Goad resigned in February to take the head football job at Buda-Hays after guiding the Panthers to unprecedented heights over the course of 11 seasons. Blount understands that he's inheriting a turnkey program with lofty expectations.

“Coach Goad and his staff have done an excellent job, and set a great foundation for us,” Blount said. “It’s great that we come from a similar background and worked with some of the same coaches coming up, and look forward to building on what he’s already set, and what the kids have done, and just going to work, and doing some great things from there.”

Blount’s 2015 state semifinal team at Mathis averaged 409 rushing yards per game and over eight per carry, and the Pirates scored 32.4 points per game over the course of his four years as head coach.

Blount looks forward to tailoring his variation of the Slot-T to the personnel of a Navarro team that returns five All-District honorees on the offensive side of the ball in 2018.

“We’ve got to see what we have, what are our strengths, and what we can do, and there’s a lot of different changes you can run through it, but we’ll see what the strengths are of the team and go from there,” the coach said. “The great thing about the Slot-T is it really sets the tone for our whole program, teaching discipline, work ethic, effort, and hustle. It just builds the whole program.”

The Panthers report to practice on August 6 and open Blount’s first season on August 31 against Gonzales at Erwin-Lee Field. In the more immediate future, Blount and his wife, son, and daughter will be busy with the transition and relocation process.

“I’m excited about it, and want to get on campus as soon as I can,” Blount said. “I’m excited for my family to be a part of the community, and to build great things together.”